Quick lookup.
SHOULD WE MOVE THIS WORKLOAD?
What problem does it solve? If none, no.
WHICH SERVICE MODEL?
The most managed option that does what you need.
WHICH PROVIDER?
Where your users are, what it costs in your currency, and whether support suits you.
LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL?
Local for latency and currency. International for capability and scale.
HOW MUCH RESILIENCE?
What outage duration can you actually tolerate? Usually more than assumed.
HOW MUCH PORTABILITY?
Complete portability is expensive. Keep your own data exports regardless.
WHEN TO USE A VIRTUAL SERVER?
When managed options genuinely cannot do it, and someone will maintain it.
WHEN TO USE SERVERLESS OR CONTAINERS?
When the complexity is genuinely justified. For most small businesses, it is not.
WHEN NOT TO MOVE AT ALL?
When the current arrangement works, is affordable, and causes no problems.
WHAT TO DECIDE FIRST, ALWAYS
Who administers it, and what happens when they are unavailable.
